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Member Care Updates

Special News--September 2021

Issue 149

Member Care Updates
Expanding the global impact of member care
Working together for wellbeing and effectiveness


Special News--September 2021
Doing Global Member Care Well
Resources from William Carey Publishing

 
 
As Christians we believe there is a purpose to human history, and that there will be a conclusion to this age. We see how God is actively involved in history to redeem humans from every nation, people group, and language (Revelation 5: 9,10). It is an “ethnê to ethnê” strategy, in which believers from different people groups reach out to other people groups, until “all of the earth is filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.”
Embracing Future Directions--Ethnê to Ethnê Member Care 

Global Member Care (Volume One): The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011)
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In this Update we feature 24 member care books from William Carey Publishing (WCP) which are currently on a special 20% discount (or more!). We share these resources to give you an opportunity to get some great books (paperback and ebook versions) as well as to highlight the significant contributions to member care and mission globally by WCP over its 50+ years of publishing history.

We have organized the Update into three parts.
--The MCA 
Global Member Care Series, published by WCP, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the launch of volume one, The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011). Its 12 chapters are packed with strategic resources, crucial insights, and practical advice.

--The Member Care Collection, WCP's growing list of the member care-related books published over the past 30 years. WCP has played a major role in supporting colleagues wanting to write and publish materials on the wellbeing-effectiveness of mission workers.

--The concept note about the next volume in the Global Member Care book series, Stories and Strategies--All Peoples. We invite your input as member care in mission continues to develop on behalf of all peoples!

Note: Here is the
LINK to access WCP's member care books. You will receive the special 20% discount automatically at checkout.

Going Global in MC--See these Member Care Updates:
July 2021: Supporting Arabic-Speaking Workers--MC for/from all Peoples
May 2021: Supporting Chinese Workers--MC for/from All Peoples
March 2020: MC Centers/Hubs–Collaborating for Global Impact
January 2020: Following Jesus Globally
April 2019: 
MC and Unreached Peoples

Warm greetings,
Kelly and Michèle

     
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Featured Resources
Doing Global Member Care Well
Resources from William Carey Publishing

WCP Mission
With a sense of divine urgency and purpose, William Carey Publishing publishes
resources that edify, equip, and empower disciples of Jesus to make disciples of Jesus.


Part One
Global Member Care Series 



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The Global Member Care series is part of the ongoing effort to support member care and mission. This book series is designed to further equip the diversity of people with member care responsibility around the world, including leaders, colleagues, professional caregivers, trainers, sending groups, and academic institutions. The materials help us to grow deeply in our character, competencies, and compassion and to go broadly across disciplines, cultures, and sectors as we provide relevant, quality services within the mission community and beyond--in light of the major challenges affecting the world. (based on the description of the series website)

Global Member Care (Volume 1): The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice. With th sepecial additional discounted price from WC, the cost for the paperback is $6.40 and for the ebook $7.99. We are celebrating the launch of this series 10 years ago, by encouraging you to read (again!) all or parts of volume one, The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice (2011). We think that you'll agree that the material continues to be highly relevant for member care and mission into the 2020s, as you will see by simply reviewing the table of contents and the book summary. Here is the short overview. 

Part One—Exploring Member Care in Mission/Aid. Staying sane—and alive—in unstable, crazy places is a serious challenge for mission/aid workers. In this section we’ll explore how the member care field helps workers manage such challenges. The topics include an historical overview, adjustment/research regarding workers, and future directionsRead more HERE.
 
Part Two—Promoting Health in Mission/Aid. In this section we explore two important and overlooked areas for health in mission/aid. They are the role of human dysfunction (problems from significant weakness/wrongness, e.g., leadership abuse, psychological disorders, moral failure, harassment) and the role of discipline (correction to restore people/organizations which violate others e.g., independent reviews, counseling, recovery programs, remedial training, and dismissals)…
Read more HERE.

 Part Three—Developing Guidelines in Mission/Aid. Member care is a broad field with a wide range of practitioners and perspectives on what is ethically permissible. As this field continues to grow, it is important to offer guidelines to further clarify and shape good practice. In this section we will explore several ethical principles and human rights commitments to upgrade the quality of the supportive care that we offer mission/aid staff…Read more HERE.

Resources for Good Practice. “Go broadly and grow deeply.” Throughout each of the three Parts [described above] and especially in their final chapters, we provide materials for personal and professional growth. The materials include resources and readings plus opportunities for reflection and discussion.  These materials are a key feature and they come from diverse sources. They can help us to grow together as good practitioners who follow the Good Practitioner, Jesus Christ...Read more HERE.

Note: WCP is also offering a special additional discount for Volume 2 in the Global Member Care series: Crossing Sectors for Serving HumanityThe price is $7.99 for the paperback and $7.99 for the ebook. Here is the LINK to access the MC books.



Part Two
William Carey Publishing

Member Care Collection

Note: Here is the LINK to access the MC books.
You will receive the special 20% discount automatically at checkout.


William Carey Publishing recognizes the importance of member care and mental health. We acknowledge that everyone in mission work needs supportive care--mission workers and families among the ethnê, administrators in the home office, etc.  In this collection of 24 books, you will find a rich variety of resources for encouragement, help, affirmation, comfort, guidance, counseling, and debriefing. We pray that the Member Care Collection will help you along your journey in mission for the Lord's glory!

Blessings to you always, 
DG Wynn and the William Carey Publishing Team



WCP VISION 
William Carey Publishing (WCP) publishes resources 
to shape and advance the missiological conversation in the world.

"Our goal is to promote insights and initiatives leading to mission breakthroughs among all peoples. Those breakthroughs or mission frontiers include the evangelization and empowerment of unreached peoples and the discovery of new strategies and methods of ministry and mobilization. We especially seek to assist the work of the mission executive, field missionary, church leader, and the student of world mission." (quote from WCP website, Mission and Vision)


More about WCP

"WCP carries on the vision of its founder [Dr. Ralph Winter] to “publish, at reasonable cost, the best in current thinking on world mission” and endeavors to shape and advance the missiological conversation in the world. We especially seek to assist the work of mission executives, the field missionary, mission-minded churches, and the student of world mission.
 
Ralph Winter once made the observation that WCP is not in the book publishing business, but in the information business. We seek to be at the forefront of disseminating the essential knowledge the global Church requires to finish the task of world evangelization." (quote from the WCP website, History)



Part Three
Going Global--Into the Future


Global Member Care (Volume 3)
Stories and  Strategies--All Peoples

To be developed with several co-editors
We welcome your ideas---Contact us!
MCAresourcs@gmail.com


Concept Note--Proposal (excerpts)

Book three in the Global Member Care series, Stories and Strategies--All Peoples, is part of an ongoing effort to shape and support the field of member care. It is designed to further equip the diversity of people around the world who have member care responsibility, including leaders, colleagues, friends, professional caregivers, trainers, and sending groups.

Why is this book necessary? The unique contribution of All Peoples is ethnê to ethnê member care— member care for/from all peoples (E2MC). Most of the material fits into two broad areas: a) case studies, personal stories, and ministry descriptions about member care for workers among/from the less reached people groups (LPGs); b) examples of mission/aid and other efforts to help vulnerable humans in LPG regions. What are some of the resources/practices and challenges/problems that affect “ethne to ethne” member care? The book will include previously written materials as well as new material that can help us listen to and learn from “our global voices.”

Kelly and Michèle O'Donnell




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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38,39 NIV




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